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Nowadays, Tony Blair seems to be very busy making his mark as a world leader. In fact, his intense personal attention to globetrotting diplomacy has led the British Foreign Minister to go on record as feeling left out. Dartboard is concerned by Blair??€™s use of his larger-than-life persona to push his personal agenda, especially when it comes to Parliament. We all know that his overwhelming majority in the House of Commons has given him wide latitude with his legislative agenda, but apparently that is not enough for the good...
...House of Lords is feeling an intense squeeze from Blair??€™s influence, and surprisingly, the people and the press are coming to the aid of this archaic and arcane institution. Britain’s second chamber of Parliament has, under Blair??€™s tenure, undergone great changes, not that they did not see it coming: Blair campaigned back in 1997 on making the House of Lords more representative. To that end, in 1999 this sleepy and purely advisory body had all but 92 of its 750 hereditary members dismissed from service, ending the automatic right of hereditary...